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### Using QuickAlign

Measure the alignment features you want to use in the QuickAlign.

From the QuickCMM toolbar, click the QuickAlign icon , or select the Insert | Alignment | QuickAlign menu item.

If no other user-defined alignment command exists, PC-DMIS automatically selects the features and create the alignment depending on whether the measurement routine is in startup mode or standard mode.

QuickAlign creates the alignment based on:

- Feature type

- Selection order

- Feature positions relative to each other

QuickAlign constrains the degrees of freedom (DOF) as explained below:

- The first feature constrains all available DOF possible for that feature type.

- If two or more features are selected, the second feature constrains all available unconstrained DOF possible for that feature type.

- If three features are selected, the third feature constrains as many remaining unconstrained DOF possible for that feature type.

- QuickAlign aligns the machine axes closest to the theoretical axis of the features that determine the LEVEL and ROTATE.

- QuickAlign supports all valid cases of feature combinations for creating an alignment.

PC-DMIS displays the DOF that are controlled by the alignment on the status bar.

For more information on constraining degrees of freedom, see the "Alignment Overview" topic.

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QuickAlign in Startup Mode

QuickAlign in Standard Mode